Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media — Special Issue Paper Call

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media — Special Issue Paper Call

Digital Media & Politics: Effects of The Great Information and Communication Divides

Submission Deadline Extended to: February 15, 2019

Public discourse about socio-cultural, economic and political issues has catalyzed a drastic shift in tone and tactics since the 2016 presidential election campaign cycle. Through the constant output of news and information presented by cable news networks, broadcast networks, social media and the Internet, an unprecedented array of tailored communication strategies have emerged to target and influence the diverse constituents and voters across different socio-economic, ethnic and racial subgroups. In this early stage of the Web 3.0 environment, disrupted technologies – such as big data analytics and social bots – have the capacity to energize public opinion and exacerbate on-going information and communication divides in society.

This special issue aims at investigating a range of topics that will help identify the information communication, and persuasion strategies applied to influence the interactions between media, politics and society as well as the effects of such interactions. Appropriate topics for submission could address a wide range of issues that impact public discourse on our democracy and way of life. Below is a set of sample concepts or constructs that help contextualize this special issue call.

Journalistic Truth vs. Alternative Facts

Fake News vs. Real News

Information Strategy Effects on Information Divides

Communication Strategy Effects on Communication Divides

Civil vs. Civic Discourse

Mainstream vs. Fringe Political Activism

Source, Message, and/or Channel Credibility

Climate Change and Science Communication

Personality, Social Movements and Political Movements

Uses and Manipulations of Data Analytics

Social Bots and Machine Learning

Submission Guidelines

All manuscripts should be received by February 15, 2019 (U.S. Eastern Standard Time). To submit a manuscript, please click on this link: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hbem. Submissions should conform to the journal’s Instructions for Authors (see Here). For questions associated with this special issue, please contact the special issue guest editors.